Rakiura: A History of Stewart Island New Zealand
Author:
HOWARD, BASIL
Title:
Rakiura: A History of Stewart Island New Zealand
Publisher:
A H & A W Reed 1940
Description:
FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY- warmly inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate fading & scuffing to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, aforementioned inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sm pocket to rear pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- tidy archival tape repair, moderate tanning to spine, moderate staining to rear, light general soiling)
Keywords:
first editions association copies signed Basil Howard New Zealand history Stewart Island Rakiura whaling early settlers pioneers